---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting general authority peace officers certificated by the criminal justice training commission and employed on a full-time basis by the government of a federally recognized tribe to participate in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
description: "Permitting general authority peace officers certificated by the criminal justice training commission and employed on a full-time basis by the government of a federally recognized tribe to participate in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1481"
citation: "Washington HB 1481 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24bbb59c-8bbe-4ee8-8bbb-dfd2430244d5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1481&year=2023"
source_hash: "b9dea9ce18c077c995ee3e16f10cb3c17a43a04cf1b198abf139842f1e6f92a1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1481 (2023-2024) — Permitting general authority peace officers certificated by the criminal justice training commission and employed on a full-time basis by the government of a federally recognized tribe to participate in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1481.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1481.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-20** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 77, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24bbb59c-8bbe-4ee8-8bbb-dfd2430244d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).